Tobi, I just finished reading your five-part series from last year regarding the Big East and potential conference expansion. Amazing stuff.

If you have the time, I'd like your opinion on my article on "How the Big East Can Save the World" ... the article is here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/873507-conference-realignment-how-the-big-east-can-save-the-world

It's about how the Big East can save BE football in the short-term and how it can fix the conference realignment issues in college athletics for the long-term.

Hey, Tobi. I haven't seen you put in your 2 cents yet on the McCarney hire. What say you?

The WAC is expanding with 2 Texas schools. Time for us to revisit the UNT-WAC issue.

Thanks for reading and commenting on my articles, Tobi. As I mentioned in my article, the Commissioner has to be careful in his responses because things could blow up in his face, like they did with his predecessors. And Ottawa has already blown up in Mark Cohon's face because it was supposed to rejoin the CFL this year and instead it got postponed for three years minimum. So you can understand why he was cautious and vague with his answers. I would have preferred a more visionary response but it is understandable why he was cautious. As far as the stadium goes, I'm disappointed with its reputed size though it can be expanded to 45,000 when necessary. But the CFL does have a stated policy of 25,000 minimum seats and Ottawa is the fourth largest city in Canada. I was hoping for a stadium of 35,000 which could be expanded by about 20,000 when necessary. But after the waning of CFL support during the last 30 years, everybody is satisfied with a cautious size stadium.

Hey, want some more links on runors of Baylor joining the Big 12 instead of CO? Chuckle..

Hi Tobi, if you want to hear what the CFL Commissioner has to say, you can read my latest article.

Hey Tobi.

Based on your last comment on my article, I thought I would shoot this workpaper to you that I ran across a while back:

Financial Considerations for the Montana State University
Athletic Department
http://www.montana.edu/upba/pdf/execsummary.pdf

It is an interesting look into that schools thought process, strategy, and decision-making regarding athletics.

Here is another one that has good insight:

Rationale for the University of Wyoming To Remain Division I-A (FBS)
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/accreditation/Resources/B/03_Athletics_div_1A_response.pdf

Hope that helps develop any ideas on that article you were talking about.

-Scott

P.S. Did you get that book yet?

Tobi, I just put this article together finally and would love to get your input if you have the time:

Jim Delany and the Big Ten's Expansion: A Size 12 or 16 Footprint?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/375235-jim-delaney-size-12-or-16-footprint

Thanks in advance!

Tobi,

I just wanted to share this book with you. I am about halfway through this book and it is awesome. I think you would really appreciate, if you haven't already read it:

http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Year-Seduction-Television-Manipulated-Football/dp/031232345X

-Scott

No offense meant, Tobi. I don't think it will be like it was before for two reasons. First, as long as Toronto is obsessed by the NFL, the Grey Cup will be unappreciated. Second, since the Grey Cup has been rotated, the other CFL cities have learned to appreciate it more, especially the money it can bring to a city. Any new expansion team would probably want to be able to host it as part of its entry deal. The Grey Cup is now more popular in Montreal than Toronto. Who would have thought that 25 years ago.